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Chapter 252 Xie Changsheng Arrives in the Capital
Qin Huai didn't care what Murong Run was thinking. Now that he had returned to the Duke of Yong's mansion, he needed a legitimate reason to do so.

Just then, not long after he returned, his maternal grandfather, the Duke of Yongguo, gave him a box and mysteriously said that the contents could alleviate his illness.

Qin Huai opened it and saw that inside were the fruits that A Yu had planted.

Qin Huai's heart skipped a beat at that moment.

Ayu's fruit has a certain miraculous effect, which Qin Huai learned after observing it later.

However, Qin Huai did not reveal the details of Ayu's family to his mother, let alone to the Duke of Yong's mansion.

Then the origin of this fruit becomes suspicious.

It was only later discovered that the fruit was actually presented by Consort Jing to the Empress's aunt, who then gave it to the Duke of Yong, who in turn gave it to his mother.

Finally, it ended up in Qin Huai's hands.

Qin Huai's body had naturally recovered long ago. In fact, after he returned to the Duke of Yong's mansion, the divine physician had already taken his pulse and indicated that all the toxins in his body had been eliminated and there was nothing to worry about.

However, the entire Yongguo Duke's mansion unanimously decided to let Qin Huai pretend to be sick for a while longer. Although Qin Huai was puzzled, he was happy to cooperate.

He has no patience to deal with other people.

Now that new fruits have emerged, we should naturally go with the flow and turn the tables on them.

Let's just say that the fruit cured his illness.

Even if it's discovered later and someone wants to thank the person who gave them the fruit, the blame will ultimately fall on Ayu.

The credit will not go to anyone else, and besides, he had long regarded Ayu as the person he would protect for the rest of his life.

After all, it was Ayu who gave him the rest of his life; this is an irreplaceable debt of gratitude.

"In short, I am very grateful to Young Master Murong. If you are comfortable with this flower-viewing banquet, you are welcome to enjoy it to your heart's content. If you are not comfortable, you are free to choose as you see fit. The Duke of Yong's Mansion will not make things difficult for you." Qin Huai gave a weak smile. "I am still weak, please excuse my rudeness. Chi Jia, please entertain Young Master for me."

Red Armor, who had been rushing to the wood all along, stepped forward and said, "Young Master Murong, please give your orders."

Murong Run had no idea how shocked Chi Jia was at that moment.

Since the young master returned to the Duke of Yong's mansion, he has changed his previously taciturn personality, but no matter how much he talks, he will never talk as much as he does today.

Although he knew that the young master did this to lower Murong Run's guard and also to let others see how much he valued Murong Run.

But there were indeed too many words, which made Chi Jia, who was used to speaking up for the young master, feel a little uncomfortable.

Finally, Murong Run, feeling dizzy and disoriented, went to the flower-viewing banquet led by Chi Jia, and indeed met some young men of similar age.

Those young men were all very open-minded, and most of them came from military families. They didn't care about social status, which allowed Murong Run to make several good friends.

Later on, they even held games like shooting and pitch-pot, which relieved Murong Run.

It's not a competition of poetry and prose, which he's really not good at.

Shooting, pitch-pot, horseback riding, wrestling, etc. are all sports that military generals love. Murong Run could not be said to be an expert, but at least he was not too embarrassed.

After this exchange, several young masters patted Murong Run on the shoulder: "You're not bad, kid. Worth befriending! I heard you're not from Wanning City. Do you have a place to stay? Why don't you come stay at my house for a couple of months and we can spar? Anyway, I'm bored these days."

Murong Run: ! !
You're being too hospitable.

Not only that, Murong Run also discovered a girl disguised as a man who actually possessed impressive light-footed skills.

The girl fell off her horse in full view of everyone. Murong Run grabbed her without thinking, but accidentally tore off her hair ribbon.

The taciturn "young master" exclaimed in surprise, his delicate, girlish voice instantly revealing his identity.

Another young man came out and berated the girl. The girl pouted and made a face at Murong Run next to her, as if blaming him for ruining her good time.

"How can you ever get married looking like this? You're really going to drive my father and me crazy!" the young master said angrily, his tone full of helplessness.

The young woman, however, was unconvinced: "At worst, I won't get married. I'll beg Her Majesty the Empress to form a women's army, and I'll go to the battlefield to fight the enemy!" "What kind of woman goes to the battlefield to fight the enemy?"

"Then I'll wander the world. The world is vast, and I refuse to believe there isn't a place for me, Hua Rou, to stay!"

"You're going to drive me crazy!"

However, upon hearing this, Murong Run's eyes lit up. Looking at the girl's vibrant face, a chord in his heart was gently plucked.

Hua Rou glared at her: "It's all your fault, you made me lose face!"

Murong Run begged for mercy repeatedly, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Hua Rou carried a tenderness that he himself did not realize.

This scene was witnessed by Qin Huai, who was on a distant pavilion.

Qin Huai, abandoning his initial gentle demeanor, asked Chi Bing beside him, "Have you found anything?"

"Reporting to Young Master, I have discovered that a farmer's daughter recently presented an improved rice variety, which is currently being cultivated in a greenhouse. It is said that the yield will be extremely high."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chi Bing took out a handful of rice ears from his pocket, with a string of golden rice grains hanging on them.

Qin Huai took it and pondered as he looked at the rice grains on it.

This was indeed much better growing than the rice they usually saw.

However, it paled in comparison to that of Hujia Village.

"What is the name of that peasant girl? Where does she come from? Is there anything unusual about her?" Qin Huai asked.

“Her name is Xu Linglong, and she claims to be from Qingshan County.” Chi Bing paused, then said, “She has another person with her, who, like Miss Ayu, is from Tongwangbei County. She is the second young lady of the Xie family in Dongning County, named Xie Changsheng. Xie Changsheng has provided for all their expenses along the way, and they are currently staying at the Duke of Anguo’s mansion.”

Qin Huai frowned: "Is he at the Duke of Anguo's residence?"

"Yes, it has been some time now."

The Anguo Duke's Mansion and the Yongguo Duke's Mansion had no contact for many years because the daughter of the Yongguo Duke's Mansion married into the palace and became the Empress.

Qin Huai had never met the Empress; he only knew she was his mother's sister, but he didn't know whether she was the older or younger sister.

Logically speaking, he should call her "auntie".

But in private, they all only let him call the Empress his cousin.

The Empress's aunt was actually already the Crown Princess, but the ministers at the time were causing trouble and insisted that they participate in the selection of concubines again to compete for the Emperor's favor with a group of women.

It was obvious they wanted to humiliate my aunt.

Fortunately, the emperor was deeply in love with her, and she still became empress.

However, the young lady from the Duke of Anguo's mansion failed to be selected in the imperial concubine selection and could only marry a Minister of War, who was later imprisoned for corruption.

It was the Duke of Yong's mansion that impeached them.

In addition, there was also a carefree prince in the Duke of Anguo's mansion. His mother was a concubine in the palace. After the new emperor ascended the throne, the concubine requested permission to return to her maternal home, the Duke of Anguo's mansion.

Because Prince Xiaoyao was partially disabled, even though he had his own palace, he lived in the Duke of Anguo's mansion for many years.

The carefree prince is 24 years old this year and is still unmarried. He is also very low-key and is rumored to be a gentle and refined gentleman.

Is his current relationship with a country woman a misunderstanding, or does the Duke of Anguo's mansion have ulterior motives?
Upon hearing Xie Changsheng's name, Qin Huai frowned.

When Zhang Zhan asked him to help investigate A Yu's identity, he quickly traced it back to the Xie family and then went on to cover up A Yu's whereabouts.

The master of the Xie family was an official who got his position by donating money. He was a minor official, but he enjoyed himself immensely. He had several concubines and more than a dozen sons and daughters, both legitimate and illegitimate, all gathered together.

It’s not lively.

(End of this chapter)